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Nick Kingham Promoted to Altoona

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted right-handed pitcher Nick Kingham to the Altoona Curve. He made his last two starts for the Bradenton Marauders, throwing six shutout innings while striking out seven batters on Tuesday. In his prior start, he threw five shutout innings.

Kingham is working his way back from Tommy John surgery, which happened last May. He made six starts in the Gulf Coast League before joining Bradenton, throwing a total of 24 innings on his rehab assignment.

He should get two more starts before the season ends on September 5th, then he could pitch in the playoffs if Altoona is able to hold on to their lead over the last 12 days of the season. Kingham has thrown a total of 35 innings, posting a 2.06 ERA, with two walks and 26 strikeouts, to go along with a 1.30 GO/AO ratio.

The Marauders activated Chase Simpson from the disabled list to take Kingham’s spot.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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